Nancy Devine

MESSIAH AUDITIONS SATURDAY
-Headline Grand Forks Herald October 20, 2006

Willing to cast against type:
petite blonde female, hearty Asian male,
gay, straight, transgendered, etc.
Prior messianic experience unnecessary,
probably not even helpful.
No water-walking, stigmatas, rising-from-the-dead
required. Should be able to bake as well as break bread,
turn wine into water and vise versa; heal the sickening,
the sick and tired. No dress or tech rehearsals. Ever.
Unlimited comp tickets, great dental benefits, 401k possibilities.
Must be willing to work nights, weekends and days.
Leave your SAG card at home.
No fuss-budgets, nay-sayers, molly-coddlers, politicians.
Past work as psychopomp, amateur or professional, a plus not a must.
Stage fighting, mime, dance training, singing...all the same.
For more information, visit a website or, better yet, close your eyes.
Call.

Nancy Devine teaches high school English in CityplaceGrand Forks, StateNorth Dakota, where she lives with her husband Chuck and their two dogs, Whitey and Yo-yo. She co-directs the Red River Valley Writing Project, a local site of the National Writing Project. Her poems have appeared recently in Bear River Journal, Main Channel Voices and Matter: Fuel. She has work forthcoming in The Minnetonka Review and 42opus.